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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2012 Jul;44(7):1388–1394. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31824bdc35

Table 2.

Senior Fitness Test data and SRFit response item correlations (N=108).

Fitness Domain Mean
Score
(SD)
Analogous
Fitness Test
Spearman
Rho
Cronbach’s
Alpha
Upper-Body Strength and Endurance(UBS) Biceps Curl 0.75
Abbreviated SRFit Survey Items
How hard is it to move a 5lb (8lb males) weight up to your shoulder 4.65 (0.69) Biceps Curl 0.46***
How hard is it to return a 5lb (8 lb males) weight to your side 4.64 (0.69) Biceps Curl 0.46***
How many times can you move a 5lb weight (8lb males) from your side to your shoulder and return in 30 seconds 3.43 (1.39) Biceps Curl 0.58***
SRFit Upper-Body Strength Summary Score mean (SD) 12.76 (2.37) Biceps Curl 0.59***
Lower-Body Strength and Endurance (LBS) Chair Stand 0.75
Abbreviated SRFit Survey Items
How hard is it to move from a standing position to a seated position 4.63 (0.82) Chair Stand 0.52***
How hard is it to move from a seated position to a standing position 4.48 (0.94) Chair Stand 0.54***
How many times can you move from sitting to standing in 30 seconds 3.40 (1.30) Chair Stand 0.67***
SRFit Lower-Body Strength Summary Score mean (SD) 12.57 (2.64) Chair Stand 0.68***
Left Upper-Body Flexibility (UBF) Left Back Scratch 0.83
Abbreviated SRFit Survey Items
`How hard is it to reach your left hand over your left shoulder 4.29 (1.01) Back Scratch 0.48***
How far can you reach your left hand under your left shoulder 3.95 (0.95) Left Back Scratch 0.44***
How far can you reach your left hand over your left shoulder 4.05 (0.85) Left Back Scratch 0.56***
SRFit Left Upper-Body Flexibility Summary Score mean (SD) 12.29 (2.81) Left Back Scratch 0.47***
Right Upper-Body Flexibility (UBF) Right Back Scratch 0.83
How hard is it to reach your right hand over your right shoulder 4.34 (0.95) Right Back Scratch 0.52***
How far can you reach your right hand over your right shoulder 4.09 (0.85) Right Back Scratch 0.44***
How far can you reach your right hand under your right shoulder 3.96 (0.99) Right Back Scratch 0.53***
SRFit Right Upper-Body Flexibility Summary Score mean (SD) 12.39 (2.81) Right Back Scratch 0.67***
Lower-Body Flexibility (LBF) Sit and Reach 0.83
Abbreviated SRFit Survey Items r value
How hard is it for you to reach down your left leg toward your toes 4.29 (1.04) Sit and Reach 0.36***
How far could you reach down your left leg toward your toes 4.47 (1.30) Sit and Reach 0.49***
How hard is it to reach down your right leg toward your toes 4.28 (1.01) Sit and Reach 0.40***
How far could you reach down your right leg toward your toes 4.35 (1.34) Sit and Reach 0.51***
SRFit Lower-Body Flexibility Summary Score mean (SD) 17.42 (3.78) Sit and Reach 0.55***
Cardiovascular Endurance (CVF) 6 Minute Walk 0.75
Abbreviated SRFit Survey Items
How long could you walk at your normal speed without stopping 4.62 (0.82) 6 Minute Walk 0.29**
How many times could you walk up and down a grocery store aisle in 6 min 4.1 (1.18) 6 Minute Walk 0.60***
How many times could you walk around a track in 6 minutes 3.96 (1.33) 6 Minute Walk 0.52***
SRFit Cardiovascular Endurance Summary Score mean (SD) 12.89 (2.64) 6 Minute Walk 0.66***
Body Fat and BMI (BC) BodPod; BMI 0.87
Abbreviated SRFit Survey Items
What is your waist size 2.37 (0.74) BodPod; BMI 0.71***;
0.71***
What is your BMI 2.65 (0.85) BodPod; BMI 0.74***;
0.72***
What is your percent body fat 2.67010
0.88649
BodPod; BMI 0.71***;
0.67***
SRFit Body Composition and BMI Summary Score mean (SD) 7.74 (2.23) BodPod; BMI 0.79***
0.78***
***

p< 0.001,

**

p< 0.01,

BMI (Body Mass Index), SRFit (Self-Reported Fitness Survey)